Re: [Bug-wget] NTLM proxy auth for wget?

[Glenn Satchell]

>Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:09:00 -0800
>From: Micah Cowan <address@hidden>
>To: Glenn Satchell <address@hidden>
>CC: address@hidden
>Subject: Re: [Bug-wget] NTLM proxy auth for wget?
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>Glenn Satchell wrote:
>> Hi All
>> 
>> I see there is work to allow http authentication using NTLM protocol.
>> 
>> What about the situation where I am behind a MS proxy and need to do
>> NTLM authentication with the proxy (rather than the web server)?
>> 
>> I have a quick look at the bug tracker and cannot find any related bug
>> or feature request. If this is the case could this please be considered
>> as a request for a future version?
>
>Right; currently the only authentication method that wget supports for
>proxies is HTTP Basic, which is less than ideal. Digest would probably
>be a higher priority than NTLM, and in particular it is difficult for
>primary developers (i.e., me) to test NTLM proxy authentication, so
>we'll probably be somewhat dependent on someone else writing that
>support (I can't remember: was Christopher Lewis writing something like
>this?).
>
>We are currently tracking this at
>https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?20300
>
>- --
>HTH,
>Micah J. Cowan
>Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer.
>GNU Maintainer: wget, screen, teseq
>http://micah.cowan.name/
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Hi Micah

It definitely helps a lot! Thank you for the prompt response, please
let me know if I can help with testing, etc.

regards,
-glenn